How to Setup Squid Proxy Server on Linux CentOS 6.3

This post describes the steps to setup a Squid 3 Proxy Server on CentOS6.3. Squid service plays two main roles which mainly act as a caching proxy server between the user and the web. Second role, squid also regularly used as a content accelerator, or reverse proxy, intercepting requests to a server and using a cached version of the page to serve the request. Follow below steps to install and configure squid.